More Jakarta

Hi all! We will try to update the blog more frequently but our schedules vary and it gets difficult to post daily. But anyways...

Yesterday we setup a clinic in Jakarta much like the clinic we had during our second day in Laguna. The area we served had never had a medical mission before our arrival. We were actually situated on top of a landfill. With the heat and location, flies swarmed our clinic and made it difficult to work. However, we pushed through and treated over 150 patients in just a few hours.

The majority of our patients had complaints of arthritis, numbness, and cold/cough. With our experience in the Philippines, we have gained the knowledge to treat these complaints with confidence. It's especially nice to know which drugs to recommend and which treatment course to follow.

Last night we decided to visit a touristy district in Jakarta. The area we visited housed many restaurants and a few local shops. We chose a steakhouse for dinner and the majority of us had steak. Believe it or not but the steak dinner was less than $5 a person without drinks! Very cheap and very delicious! Unfortunately it started raining so our time after dinner was spent running from location-to-location to find a spot to hang out until it was time to go home.

Today we will be returning to the tuberculosis clinic to treat patients. We will only spend a few hours there as the patient population is much smaller than our previous clinics. Thursday we will setup a clinic again somewhere in Jakarta like the one we setup yesterday. Friday we take a train to Bandung to tour a mountainous area a few hours from here. We have plans to see a cultural show and hike to a waterfall. It should be a lot of fun and we are really excited about it!

Anyway, hope all is well with everyone at home. We miss you a lot!